Légende
Second page of a letter from Gandhi to Sir Richard Tottenham, 1943. '(Circumstances may arise, as they have done before now, when) I may have to fast as a free man. If therefore I am released, there will be no fast in terms of my correspondence above mentioned. I shall have to survey the situation de novo and decide what I should do. I have no desire to be released under false pretences. In spite of all that has been said against me, I have not to belie the vow of Truth and Non-violence which alone makes life liveable for me. I say this, if it is only for my own satisfaction. It does me good to reiterate openly my faith when outer darkness surrounds me, as it (does just now)'. In 1942, a British mission had offered India dominion status, but this was rejected by Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress party. The 73-year old Gandhi was imprisoned, and started a 21-day penitential fast. Concerned about Gandhi's health, the British offered to release him temporarily, but, in this letter of 8 February 1943 to Sir Richard Tottenham, the Secretary of State for the Home Department of the Government of India, Gandhi refused the offer. Gandhi survived the fast, but in 1944 his health deteriorated further, and he was released from jail.
Date
1943
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM25A15_115
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,4Mo (3,4Mo) / 29,5cm x 42,8cm / 3484 x 5058 (300dpi)